“My name is T… and I hate men. To date, each time I see a man in front of me, I feel nothing but hatred.”
This is the story of a young lady, a kind of story that many of those who have been sexually abused before can easily related with. While this lady headed to school one morning, she met a gang of boys who attacked her and raped her. This day marked the end of her schooling life. Due to fear and her lack of knowledge of what needs to be done after a sexual abuse, she never went to the hospital for treatment. She conceived.
How many of our school girls are aware of what should be done after such ordeal has been done to them? Are these sexual reproductive lessons given priority in our schools? It’s a question that rings in mind especially when you hear of a high school student who has no knowledge of it whatsoever.
The 24 year old girl dropped out of school and she now lives in one of the slums in Nairobi. She managed to join Access to Justice programme after a friend informed her about it. “I want to thank the organizers for shading light and giving me psycho-social support and empowering me to stand on my feet once more. I am now involved in some day to day business, doing laundries for people to take care of my child.”